TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308312 [ 2026TNSTR2496....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-13 15:36:21
Date made public:
Sender: WFST_SN
Reporting Group: WFST     Discovery Data Source: WFST

Zelin Xu, Dezheng Meng, Ji-an Jiang, Weiyu Wu, Zhengyan Liu, Junhan Zhao, Ziqing Jia (USTC) on behalf of the WFST collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026pbv
Discoverer internal name: WFST260514fsfe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:31:00.710 (217.752958) DEC = +02:02:12.06 (2.036683)
Discovery date: 2026-05-14 15:14:24.000 (JD=2461175.135)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-14 15:14:24.000
Flux: 22.37 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-13 15:11:31
Limiting flux: 22.55 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026pbv